A restaurant-associated outbreak of Brainerd diarrhea in California.

Vugia, Duc J; Abbott, Sharon; Mintz, Eric D; Richmond, Jennifer; Meshulam, Sheldon; Stokes, Kusum; Lindsay, Ann; Tsang, Thomas H · Clin Infect Dis · 2006

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

In a rare outbreak of Brainerd diarrhea in California, we identified 23 patients, many of whom had diarrhea persisting for > or =6 months. Case-control studies revealed that illness was associated with 1 local restaurant but not with any specific food or beverage. A Campylobacter species was detected in some patients' stool specimens, but its role in the outbreak remains unclear.

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